A surprising number of you would trade some of our favorite players — and for that haul, I can see why. As much as I'm a supporter of Free James Loney, it was the prospect of losing our everyday catcher that was the deal-breaker for me.

Not that the deal ever was close to fruition, says Ned Colletti, who admonished the media and those damn blogs for fomenting innuendo. Wonder how Jon Heyman of SI.com and Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com feel about being lumped in with the rest of us.

If the Padres had thrown in Henry Blanco, one of the best fielding catchers in the league, my emotional attachment to Martin/Loney/DeWitt would've been the only think holding me back from liking the deal.